Politics of Artificial Intelligence
POLS 478
Winter 2027
3 Units
In-person
3
one-way Exclusions
Course Description
This course provides a broad, in-depth introduction to the politics of artificial intelligence (AI) and covers topics such as the technical fundamentals of existing AI, computational propaganda, surveillance, decision-making, autonomous weapons, political economy, regulation and governance, and speculative possibilities such as 'superintelligence'.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand and explain the fundamentals of narrow artificial intelligence.
- Understand and explain the ways in which narrow artificial intelligence affects the distribution of power.
- Apply the fundamental information, concepts, and theories introduced in the first theme of the course, both on their own and as a means of analyzing the topics covered in the second and third themes of the course.
- Develop original arguments regarding important issues related to the politics of artificial intelligence.
- Apply knowledge developed in previous years of studying politics to the politics of artificial intelligence.